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Romans 4:17–20 · BSB
4:17 As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.
4:18 Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”
4:19 Without weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarah’s womb.
4:20 Yet he did not waver through disbelief in the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,
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…to be crucified. Dad, if it has to be done, he said, nonetheless, not my will, but let. Your will be done. And God raised him up again. And inRomans chapter 4, the Bible comments on this. That Abraham knew that God would raise Isaac again. Now 10, and Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knight to…
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…So keep that in the back of your mind. They're not contradicting one another, they are emphasizing different sides of the same truth. So we're inRomans chapter 4and verse 13. It says, For the promise to Abraham and to his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law, but through…
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…it's it's not sound uh in in light of history and the truth of God. And so then uh again, pray praise the Lord, the end of Romans chapter 3,Romans chapter 4, Romans chapter 5, God moves, uh moves us from ultimately seeing our guiltiness before Him uh to the gift of Christ. And that's the gospel, right?…
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…We get a download of understanding, and then we come back and he opens us up to a greater concept of that, a greater understanding of that concept.Romans chapter 4, let's look at verse 17. Romans chapter 4 says, as it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations before him whom he believed, even God…
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…Hallelujah. Taking what God said, seeing what God said, and believing that picture more than you believe what you can see. Look at Romans 4, 18.Romans chapter 4. And verse 18 it says, concerning Abraham, it said, Who against hope believed in hope that he might become the father of many nations, according to…
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…But here you see John he moves all that aside and just gives us Jesus says believe in it and you will have everlasting life. And you know, inRomans chapter 4, Paul calls circumcision a sign, you know, and there's a lot of things like that. Circumcision can't save you. There's not a sign that can save…
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…it to him as righteousness. Isn't that something? He believed the word of God, and righteousness was credited to him, counted to him. Paul adds inRomans chapter 4that Abraham was fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised. And here's the question for us today, friends. Are we fully…
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…don't earn righteousness. It's imputed to you. You are declared righteous when you repent of your sin and you come to faith in Jesus Christ. It'sRomans chapter 4. You are declared righteous. You're given a crown of righteousness. You see, Paul was declared righteous because he was saved by grace through…
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…we apply the word of God rightly. A word like justified is the same. James chapter 2 uses the word justified to describe something different thanRomans chapter 4when Paul's using it. If you don't understand that, you're going to be confused. Okay. Moreover, here's the word gospel. It's a broad term. And the…
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Romans chapter 4. And uh I want to I want to show you a few scriptures here. Would you also pick up Romans 4 and James chapter 2? Let's go to work this morning, and…
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…to do in order to get it the Bible says right there but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord now go with me if you went toRomans chapter 4Romans chapter 4 and so obviously when we receive a gift even in an earthly sense if I were to give somebody a gift you know I'm the one that pays…
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…Does that sound right? Does that sound primitive Baptist to you? Does that sound old Baptist? That faith is by grace? It certainly is. And inRomans chapter 4, there was a promise that was by faith or of faith that it might be by grace. So it was designed to be of faith that it might be by grace, which…
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…that Jesus called what this woman did faith. He called it faith. She didn't deny her feelings. She stayed in faith despite her feelings. Look atRomans chapter 4. Now Romans chapter 4 is talking to us about our father in the faith, Abraham, his stand of faith. Romans chapter 4 and verse 19. It says, and…
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…this is coming together and displaying the manifold wisdom of God. It's like an orchestra, not opposed, the discrepancies like between, let's say,Romans chapter 4and James chapter 2, right? James chapter 2 says that you're saved by faith and works. What know ye not? That your faith is dead without works?…
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…pointing forward to the Messiah and the people of God. There's so much Jesus in Genesis. Remember that multitude of nations from verse 5? Well, inRomans chapter 4, Paul gives us some New Testament clarity on just who that includes. This is Romans 4.16 says, Here he means Jews and Gentiles. As it is written,…
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…dialogue in the spiritual world. Here's what that means: that faith is truth in the spiritual realm. Faith is truth in the spiritual realm. InRomans chapter 4. And verse 17. Now he's talking about Abraham and how he received. And then if you look at verse 17, verse 17 is what we call a parenthetical…
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…this family, we were adopted. And we don't work to stay a part of this family. It's grace and grace alone. Look, if you would with me, and look atRomans chapter 4. Let me give you a little doctrine here. Romans 4 and Luke chapter 18. Romans 4 and Luke 18. Shouldn't we know about our family? He doesn't want us…
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…own lives. The Bible describes Jesus as becoming a human being, living in our place, dying for our sins, and rising again for our justification,Romans chapter 4and verse 25. Does God love us? Does God care about us? The answer is obvious. But what are the kinds of things that keep us up at night? What are…
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…while what are you counting on for god to call you righteous because the only thing that impresses him is faith look back at romans and we'll closeromans chapter 4in verse 23 the words god counted him as righteous were written out not for abraham's sake alone but for us too do you see that romans 4 23 the…
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…footnote that's a connect to the New Testament, very explicit. Well, how do we find Jesus in this Psalm? Paul does that for us. We can see this inRomans chapter 4, 4:8. He says, now to the one who works, Meaning the one who does good works. I'm going to be a good person. I'm going to do good deeds. I'm going…
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